Do It Yourself Botox Injections ; A Growing Health Hazard

The pressure to look younger and wrinkle free has led some people to do it yourself Botox injections. These people are risking serious health hazards by buying from on line suppliers. It didn’t take me long to find a site that in addition to selling anabolic steriods without prescriptions, also offers Botox without a prescription. Other less scrupulous ‘beauty operators’ might purchase these goods and offer cut price specials.

If you are seriously thinking about a do it yourself facelift and buying non-prescription Botox on line, have a look at the offering below. I left off the e-address.

“ First to injection, reconstitute vacuum-dried Botox (Botulinum Toxin), with disinfected usual saline with no a chemical addition; 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection is the single suggested diluents. Draw up the good quantity of diluents in the suitable dimension syringe, and slowly inject the diluents into the vial. Dispose of the vial in case a vacuum does not draw the diluents in the vial“

If the quality of the toxin is as high quality as the language used to describe it, you are risking more than a few wrinkles by injecting it. One of the inactive ingredients listed in this product promo is human albumin. Human albumin is a blood protein. Do you really want to inject some unknown person’s blood component into your face?

Botox is the commercial name for the purified toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is common in soil and has been linked to poisoning in poorly processed canned goods. The toxin produced by the bacterium causes muscles to become paralyzed. This property has been used by the medical community to treat various ailments that benefit from a relaxation of muscles. The cosmetic industry has popularized the toxin as Botox in order to relax facial muscles that cause wrinkling of the skin.

Plastic surgeons and other equally qualified medical personnel have the expertise to inject tiny amounts of botulinum toxin into facial muscles to cause them to relax. This must be done with extreme caution in order to avoid damaging facial nerves and muscles which can cause droopy features and difficulty in speaking, neither of which will add to your beauty quotient.